Case 21157

Case Overview
Application of:   3428 O Street, LLC
Case Summary:   To operate a corner store on the first floor and basement of an existing mixed-use building in the R-3/GT zone.
To operate a corner store on the first floor and basement of an existing mixed-use building in the R-3/GT zone.
Address:   3428 O Street, NW (Square 1228, Lot 76)
ANC:   2E03
Relief:  
TypeReliefPursuant To
Special ExceptionUnder the corner store use requirements of Subtitle U § 254.14 Subtitle X § 901.2
Area VarianceThe corner store location requirements of Subtitle U § 254.6(g)Subtitle X § 1002
Case Type:   Special Exception,Variance
Case Status:   Closed
Result:   Approved 4 - 1 - 0
Past Hearing Date(s):   09/25/2024, 06/12/2024
Past Meeting Date(s):   10/23/2024
Property Information:  
SquareLot(s)
12280076
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Exhibits
row_num#Exhibit #Exhibit DescriptionNumber of PagesExhibit DateAction
11AApplication Form - SUPERSEDED - SEE EXHIBIT #1B14/19/2024View
21BUpdated Application Form14/29/2024View
32DC Surveyor's Plat14/19/2024View
43Statement of Existing and Intended Use14/19/2024View
54Zoning Self-Certification - SUPERSEDED - SEE EXHIBIT #1324/19/2024View
65Color Photographs54/19/2024View
76Architectural Plans and Elevations34/19/2024View
87List of Names and Mailing Addresses of Property Owners within 200 Ft.34/19/2024View
98Applicant's Statement124/19/2024View
109Letter of Authorization14/19/2024View
1110Certification of Proficiency14/19/2024View
1211Statement of Community Outreach14/19/2024View
1312Certificate of Service14/19/2024View
1413Updated Zoning Self-Certification24/29/2024View
1514Receipt.pdf15/1/2024View
1615BZA Notice of Virtual Public Hearing 45/1/2024View
1716BZA Attestation/PHN List of Referrals 15/1/2024View
1817Email from Chairman Mendelson dated 5/1/2024205/01/2024View
1918Letter of Authorization Letter (Tenant)15/6/2024View
2019Letter in Support from Adrienne Nolan-Smith105/06/2024View
2120Letter in Support from Coly Smith105/06/2024View
2221Letter in Support from Bennett Blue105/08/2024View
2322Letter in Support from Chris Itteilag305/08/2024View
2423Letter in Support from John Coombe105/08/2024View
2524Letter in Support from Willoughby Laycock105/09/2024View
2625Letter in Support from Steve Laycock105/09/2024View
2726Returned PHN205/15/2024View
2827Letter in Support from Amanda Dellinger205/17/2024View
2928Letter in Support from Nancy Itteilag205/20/2024View
3029Letter in Support from Eden Weinstein105/21/2024View
3130Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Prehearing Statement25/22/2024View
3231Applicant's Prehearing Statement135/22/2024View
3331APrehearing Statement: Tab A (Proposed Conditions)15/22/2024View
3431BPrehearing Statement: Tab B (Analysis of the 750 Foot Rule Waiver)55/22/2024View
3531CPrehearing Statement: Tab C (Office of Planning Email)55/22/2024View
3632Request for Party Status in Opposition from Nabil & Caroline Emad605/24/2024View
3733Letter in Support from Charles T. Brountas105/28/2024View
3834Request for Party Status in Opposition from Julian Latimer Clarke605/28/2024View
3935Letter in Support from Kevin Reilly205/28/2024View
4036Request for Party Status in Support from Christopher Itteilag105/28/2024View
4136AAttachment to Request for Party Status from Christopher Itteilag405/28/2024View
4236BDistance Zoning Map105/28/2024View
4336CCertificate of Service for Request for Party Status from Christopher Itteilag105/28/2024View
4437Request for Party Status in Opposition from Melinda Roth105/29/2024View
4537AAttachment to Party Status Request from Melinda Roth505/29/2024View
4637BCertificate of Service105/29/2024View
4738Returned PHN205/20/2024View
4839Letter in Support from Richard Lewis105/30/2024View
4940Letter in Support from Marci Weinstein105/30/2024View
5041Letter in Opposition from Madison Klimchak105/30/2024View
5142Letter in Opposition from Senda Benaissa205/30/2024View
5243Letter in Support from Joshua Bard105/30/2024View
5344Letter in Support from Jacob Greenberg205/31/2024View
5445Letter in Support from Laura & Peter Unger105/31/2024View
5546OP Report15/31/2024View
5647Ltr. in Opposition - Andre Ames106/03/2024View
5748Letter in Opposition from Angela Yrhkim106/03/2024View
5849Letter in Support from Matthew Yglesias106/03/2024View
5950Letter in Opposition from Kimberly Panozzo206/03/2024View
6051Letter in Opposition from Tony DeWitt106/03/2024View
6152Letter in Opposition from Lee Allard106/03/2024View
6253Letter in Opposition from Vinod & Nessa Busjeet106/03/2024View
6354Letter in Support from Joshua B. Bernstein106/03/2024View
6455Letter in Support from John & Suzanne Simon106/03/2024View
6556Letter in Support from Brie Broesicke106/03/2024View
6657Letter in Opposition from Michael Savage206/03/2024View
6758Letter in Opposition from Marie-Louise Caravatti, Ph.D.306/03/2024View
6859Letter in Opposition from Barbara M. Leach106/03/2024View
6960Letter in Support from Mara Vandlik106/03/2024View
7061Letter in Opposition from Connor Roth106/03/2024View
7162Letter in Support from Chris Haines106/03/2024View
7263Letter in Opposition from Rachel Staats106/03/2024View
7364Letter in Opposition from Dominic Taylor106/04/2024View
7465Letter in Opposition from Andrew Tuvlin106/04/2024View
7566Applicant's Supplemental Submission46/4/2024View
7667Letter in Support from Eunju Chung206/05/2024View
7768Correction to Exhibit #826/5/2024View
7869Letter in Support from Micki Leder106/05/2024View
7970Letter in Support from Lucy Dana106/05/2024View
8071Letter in Support from Christy Brock106/05/2024View
8172Letter in Support from Sabrina Kersten106/05/2024View
8273Letter in Support from Sarah Wampler106/05/2024View
8374Letter in Support from Samantha Walker106/05/2024View
8475Letter in Support from Scott Elfenbein106/05/2024View
8576Letter in Support from Mollie Marble of 4471 Greenwich Parkway NW106/05/2024View
8677Letter in Support from Madeline Niland 106/05/2024View
8778Letter in Support from Julie Aldrich106/05/2024View
8879Letter in Support from Meredith Mark 106/05/2024View
8980Letter in Support from Claire Glezer106/05/2024View
9081Letter in Support from Emily Fricka206/05/2024View
9182Letter in Support from Zachary Coffelt106/06/2024View
9283Letter in Support from Callie Heimbach106/06/2024View
9384Letter in Support from Ido G. Achrak106/06/2024View
9485Letter in Support from Crystal Rosario of 3127 O Street NW106/06/2024View
9586Letter in Support from Ben Samuels of 1077 30th Street NW106/06/2024View
9687Letter in Support from Alyssa and Simon Moskovitz106/06/2024View
9788Letter in Support from Hannah D'Angelo106/06/2024View
9889Letter in Support from Kimberly Tower306/06/2024View
9990Letter in Support from Lindsay Mannix106/06/2024View
10091Letter in Support from Mia Cozart106/06/2024View
10192Letter of Support from Rachel Feeney of 1072 Thomas Jefferson Street NW106/06/2024View
10293Letter of Support from Charlotte Barkdull106/06/2024View
10394Letter of Support from Holly Gerrity106/06/2024View
10495Letter in Support from Elaine Levin of POWERHOUSE, 3214 O Street NW #2206/06/2024View
10596Letter in Support from Stacey Lipscomb106/06/2024View
10697Letter in Support from AnneMarie Horowitz106/06/2024View
10798Letter in Support from Amy Kauffman of 1426 35th Street106/06/2024View
10899Letter in Support from Monica Morin106/06/2024View
109100Letter in Support from Melanie Kaplan of 1603 34th Street NW106/07/2024View
110101Additional Witness from Chris Itteilag (Party Status in Support Requestor) w/ CoS106/07/2024View
111102Letter in Support from Matthew Jemal of Douglas Development Corporation 106/07/2024View
112103Letter in Support from Reuben Bajaj of 3342 Prospect St. NW106/07/2024View
113104ANC 2E Report206/07/2024View
114105Letter in Support from Dr. Margaret Moerchen of 4750 41st St NW apt 1 206/07/2024View
115106Letter in Support from Emily Widgren106/07/2024View
116107OP Report106/7/2024View
117108Affidavit of Posting56/8/2024View
118109Affidavit of Maintenance16/8/2024View
119110Letter in Opposition from Karen Tammany206/10/2024View
120111Letter in Support from Susan & Ken Weinstein106/10/2024View
121112Letter in Support from Danielle Naeve106/10/2024View
122113Letter in Support from Christian Mandrakos106/10/2024View
123114Letter in Opposition from Senda Benaissa206/10/2024View
124115Letter from Chris Itteilag Re: Clarification of Witnesses406/10/2024View
125116Letter in Support from Mike Naeve106/10/2024View
126117Letter in Support from Amanda Borden106/10/2024View
127118Letter in Support from Koan Goedman106/10/2024View
128119Letter in Support from Cindy Lessard106/11/2024View
129120Letter in Opposition from Brendan Dignan106/11/2024View
130121Letter in Support from Ruth Abrahams106/11/2024View
131122PowerPoint Presentation from Chris Itteilag2306/11/2024View
132123PowerPoint Presentation from Melinda Roth706/11/2024View
133123AAnnex to PowerPoint Presentation from Melinda Roth2106/11/2024View
134123BResponse to Special Exception and Variance Application Submitted by Melinda Roth1006/11/2024View
135124Applicant's PowerPoint Presentation336/11/2024View
136125PowerPoint Presentation from Mary-Louise Caravatti1506/11/2024View
137126Letter in Opposition from Charles Neeley306/11/2024View
138127Letter in Support from Sharat Ganapati106/11/2024View
139128Letter in Opposition from Neal Emad206/11/2024View
140129Letter in Opposition from Caroline Emad306/11/2024View
141130Letter in Support from Sergey Nemykin106/11/2024View
142131Letter in Support from Abby Marsh106/11/2024View
143132Letter in Support from Olivia DeMordaunt106/11/2024View
144133Letter in Support from L. Elizabeth Floyd106/11/2024View
145134Letter in Support from Elise Eliason106/11/2024View
146135Applicant's Revised PowerPoint Presentation3106/11/2024View
147136Letter in Support from Kenneth Weinstein106/11/2024View
148137Letter in Support from Darin Mcanelly106/11/2024View
149138Letter in Support from Fletcher Caulk206/11/2024View
150139Letter in Support from Ethan Stoler106/12/2024View
151140Letter in Support from Alex Crow106/12/2024View
152141Letter in Support from Ryan Crowley106/12/2024View
153142Letter in Support from John D. Schulman106/12/2024View
154143Letter in Support from Charlene Makai106/12/2024View
155144Letter in Support from Brooke Burgess106/12/2024View
156145Request for Party Status in Opposition from Sean Flynn106/12/2024View
157145AAddendum to Party Status Request from Sean Flynn606/12/2024View
158145BCertificate of Service106/12/2024View
159145CMotion to Accept an Untimely Filing from Sean Flynn106/12/2024View
160145DAdditional Information for Party Status Request from Sean Flynn206/12/2024View
161145EUpdated Certificate of Service for Party Status Request106/12/2024View
162146Letter in Support from Jennifer & Barksdale Penik106/12/2024View
163147Letter in Support from Karuna A.106/12/2024View
164148Letter in Support from Julia O'Brien106/12/2024View
165149Letter in Support from Matthew Makai106/12/2024View
166150Letter in Support from Shawn Townsend, RAMW206/12/2024View
167151Letter in Support from Todd Pedersen106/12/2024View
168152Letter in Support from David Malta106/12/2024View
169153Letter in Support from Leigh Ann Evanson106/12/2024View
170154Applicant's Rebuttal Presentation3806/12/2024View
171154AOpposition Party Trash706/12/2024View
172154BNext Door Chat 806/12/2024View
173154CFood Establishment Inspection Report 3-20-24206/12/2024View
174154C1Food Establishment Inspection Report 10-30-23206/12/2024View
175154C2Food Establishment Inspection Report 10-13-23206/12/2024View
176154C3Food Establishment Inspection Report 8-25-23206/12/2024View
177155ANC 2E Resolution206/13/2024View
178156Letter in Support from Benjamin Kasdan106/13/2024View
179157Letter in Support from Rachel Feeney306/13/2024View
180158Letter in Support from Willoughby Laycock206/13/2024View
181159Letter in Support from Colva Weissenstein206/14/2024View
182160Letter in Support from Garrett S. Kost106/14/2024View
183161Letter in Support from Burcu Derkunt106/14/2024View
184162Letter in Support from Molly Leader106/14/2024View
185163List of Witnesses-June 12, 2024206/14/2024View
186164Letter in Support from Emily Siegfried206/14/2024View
187165BZA Memo - Decisions on Party Status; Limited Continued Hearing on September 25, 2024206/17/2024View
188167Letter in Support from Jay O'Brien106/18/2024View
189168Corrected BZA Memo - Decisions on Party Status; Limited Continued Hearing September 25, 2024206/21/2024View
190169Motion from Melinda Roth Requesting Removal of Video & Color Photographs Submitted as Evidence406/24/2024View
191170Letter in Support from Kimberly Lohuis106/25/2024View
192171Letter in Support from Sverrir Steinsson106/25/2024View
193172BZA Memo - Board Consideration of Motion to Strike - Public Meeting on July 24, 2024106/26/2024View
194173Letter in Support from Ryanna Quazi 206/30/2024View
195174Letter in Support from Kate McGinnis107/01/2024View
196175Applicant’s Response to the Motion to Strike37/1/2024View
197176Letter in Support from Kate McGinnis107/01/2024View
198177Letter from Melinda Roth Re: Motion to Rescind Chris Itteilag's Party Status in Support 607/08/2024View
199178BZA Memo - Board Consideration of Motion to Rescind Party Status in Support - Public Meeting July 24, 2024107/11/2024View
200179Response to Motion to Rescind from Chris Itteilag207/15/2024View
201180Applicant’s Response to Motion to Rescind Party Status27/15/2024View
202181Letter in Support from Rebecca Lee108/22/2024View
203182THERE IS NO DOCUMENT FOR THIS EXHIBIT209/06/2024View
204182ATHERE IS NO DOCUMENT FOR THIS EXHIBIT109/06/2024View
205182BTHERE IS NO DOCUMENT FOR THIS EXHIBIT109/06/2024View
206183Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Supplemental Submissions29/6/2024View
207183AItem 1 – List of Conditions from BZA Order No. 20135 and Proposed Conditions29/6/2024View
208183BItem 3 – Email from DOB Regarding Other Corner Stores in the Area79/6/2024View
209183CItem 4 - Referral Memorandum19/6/2024View
210183DItem 5 – Further Solutions Controlling the Crowd and Customers Sitting on Stoops49/6/2024View
211183EItem 6 – Applicant’s Response to a Time Limit29/6/2024View
212183FItem 7 - Clarification on the Lease19/6/2024View
213184ANC 2E Report29/10/2024View
214185Letter in Opposition w/Color Photographs Submitted by Nabil & Caroline Emad8009/12/2024View
215186Copy of Email Correspondence and Photograph Between Nabil Emad & Timothy Dennee of DC Historic Preservation Office 609/12/2024View
216187Color Photographs Submitted by Dr. Nabil Emad7509/13/2024View
217188Certificate of Service from Nabil and Caroline Emad609/13/2024View
218189Letter from Sean Flynn, Coffee Republic Re: Response to Comments Made209/13/2024View
219190Video #1 from Dr. Nabil Emad109/13/2024View
220190ACertificate of Service109/13/2024View
221191Video #2 from Dr. Nabil Emad109/13/2024View
222191ACertificate of Service109/13/2024View
223192Opposition's Response to CYM Supplemental Responses59/13/2024View
224192AOpposition's Response Exhibit 11709/13/2024View
225193A1CYm Response to Item 139/13/2024View
226193A2CYM Response to Item 349/13/2024View
227193A3CYM Response to Item 419/13/2024View
228193A4CYM Response to Item 519/13/2024View
229193A5CYM Response to Item 619/13/2024View
230193A6CYM Response to Item 719/13/2024View
231194PowerPoint Presentation from Melinda Roth409/24/2024View
232195A1Photographic Evidence Submitted by Melinda Roth (Part 1)1209/24/2024View
233195A2Photographic Evidence Submitted by Melinda Roth (Part 2)809/24/2024View
234196PowerPoint Presentation from Nabil Emad809/24/2024View
235197Letter in Opposition to ANC 2E from Multiple Neighbors309/24/2024View
236198List of Witnesses-September 25, 2024109/25/2024View
237199Melinda Roth's Motion to Reopen the Record309/26/2024View
238199ATestimony in Opposition from Karen Cruse210/09/2024View
239200BZA Memo-Decisions on Motion to Reopen Record; Responses Due 10/16/2024; Decision Meeting 10/23/2024110/09/2024View
240201Applicant’s Response to Exhibit 199A (Testimony in Opposition from Karen Cruse)210/16/2024View
241202Response to Testimony in Opposition from Karen Cruse Submitted by Chris Itteilag310/16/2024View
242203Motion to Strike Exhibits 201 & 202 Submitted by Melinda Roth210/17/2024View
243204BZA Memo-Board Consideration of Motion to Strike-Public Meeting on October 23, 2024; Deadlines for Responses110/17/2024View
244205Applicant’s Response to the Motion to Strike210/22/2024View
245206Christopher Itteilag's Response to Motion to Strike710/22/2024View
246207Motion to Strike Exhibit 206 Submitted by Melinda Roth210/23/2024View
247208BZA Memo-Decision Meeting November 13, 2024110/24/2024View
248209Applicant's Post Hearing Submission410/30/2024View
249210ANC 2E Report211/6/2024View
250211Response from Christopher Iteilag to the Board's Request for Information511/6/2024View
251212A1Nabil & Caroline Emad's Response to Applicant's Post-hearing Statement w/Attached Photographs (Part 1)4211/07/2024View
252212A2Nabil & Caroline Emad's Response to Applicant's Post-hearing Statement w/Attached Photographs (Part 2)2711/07/2024View
253212A3Nabil & Caroline Emad's Response to Applicant's Post-hearing Statement w/Attached Photographs (Part 3)611/07/2024View
254213Julian Latimer Clarke's Response to Applicant's Post-hearing Statement311/07/2024View
255214Melinda Roth's Response to Applicant's Post-hearing Statement1911/07/2024View
256215Chris Itteilag's Motion to Strike 311/8/2024View
257215AAttachment to Motion to Strike - Process to Reopen the Record211/8/2024View
258216Response to Party in Support's Motion to Strike Submitted by Melinda Roth311/12/2024View
259217Cover Letter from New Owner Enclosing Letter of Authorization211/12/2024View
260217ALetter of Authorization (New Owner)111/12/2024View
261218Returned PHN205/21/2025View
262219Decision and Order2209/10/2025View
263220Attestation109/10/2025View
264221Motion to Reconsider or Rehearing Submitted by Melinda Roth409/19/2025View
265222BZA Memo-Motion for Reconsideration & Rehearing - Public Meeting October 22, 2025109/23/2025View
266223Applicant's Response to the Motion for Reconsideration309/29/2025View
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Transcripts
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06/12/2024Public HearingView
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